Necktie adjuster



1,614,882` Jan. 18, 1927- Y w, CROUCH v NECKTIE ADJUSTER Filed April l5,1926 gnwntot ucla.

Patented .l an. 18, 1927.

i UNITED STATES WALTER T. CROUCH, 0F SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

N ECKTIE ADJUSTER.

Application led April 15, 1926. Serial No. 102,224.

The invention relates to neckties and has for its object the provisionof an improved means for adjusting the necktie on the neck of thewearer, comprising a tubular member adapted to be secured to the necktiethrough which isthreaded the ends of the strap that is looped below thetubular member, the neckband having its ends secured to the ends of thestrap, and a clasp mounted on the looped lower end of the strap to holdthe strap and neckband in adjusted position.

Theinvention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be foundillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a frontview of a necktie and neckband showing in broken lines the necktieadjuster in position on the necktie.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the necktie 4adjuster showing thestrap in position therein,

Figure 3 a longitudinal sectional view on a plane indicated by the line3 3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 a view in perspective of the tubular member to be secured tothe necktie.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved necktie adjuster is shown in Figure 1 attached to a necktieindicated A, the adjuster comprising a tubular member 1 that is adaptedto be made from a single blank of sheet metal having portions bent asshown at 2 to form a flat tubular portion 3, and a head 4 formed bybending the portions 5, 6, and 7 cut out from the sheet metal to form anopening 8 alining with the tubular member 3, and laterally extendingopenings 9. Intermediate of the tubular portion 3 and the head 4 is anopen portion 10 necessitated by the material required for the parts 5and 6, and the material remaining after the parts 2 and 5 and 6 havebeen provided for, and designated 11 is bent rearwardly of the tongueforming the open portion 10 to strengthen said tongue. The member'l isadapted to be secured in any suitable manner to the necktie A, andthreaded through said tubular member is a strap 12, the ends of saidstrap being threaded upwardly from the lower end of the tubular portion3 and then through the opening 8 into the head 4 .and

extended out through the openings 9. A4 .i

neckband 13 has its ends secured to the ends of the strap 12 and isadapted to encircle the neck of the wearer to hold the necktie 4 inposition thereon.

The lower end of the tubular member 1 is provided with a clasp includinga tongue 14, extending downwardly from said member 1 and havingoutwardly extending ears 15, and 16 is a cam lever fulcrumed in saidears and adapted to clamp strap 12 that is threaded between the tongue14 and said lever, it being apparent that strap 12 may be drawndownwardly by engaging the loop formed below the clasp and held inadjusted positions by means of the clasp.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A securing device for neckties, comprising amember adapted to be secured to a necktie, said member including avertical tubular portion and a tubular head having lateral openings andan opening alining with said tubular portion, a strap having its endsthreaded upwardly through said tubular portion and through the openingin the head alined therewith and the ends of the strap extended throughthe lateral openings in the head, a neckband having its ends secured tothe ends of the strap, a tongue extending froin the lower end of thetubular portion, and means on said tongue to engage i the strap to holdthe neckband inadjustment on the neck of the wearer.

2. A securing device for neckties, comprising a tubular member adaptedto be secured to a necktie, a head communicating with said tubularmember having laterally extended openings, a strap having its endsthreaded upwardly tlhrough said tubular member and head and itsextremities extended through said lateral openings, the strap below thetubular member being looped, a neckband secured at its ends to theextremities of the strap, a tongueextending downwardly from said tubularmember, and a cam lever fulcrumed on said tongue and engaging said strapto hold it in adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

WALTER T. cRoUoH;

